We analyzed 828 negative reviews from the top 5 Kids Video apps on the App Store. Here's what users hate most.
Ranked by frequency — how often each complaint appears in negative reviews.
68% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"Why are there ads (an hour long, 3 hour long, etc) every 2 minutes, on a 20 minute video. Thats… gross."
"The frequency and length of ads on the platform has gotten out of hand."
34% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"I have a hard time even giving this a one star. my little kids were on this for the first day and I walk away for a few minutes and they see a video with a cat tied to train tracks."
"These videos may not be scary to teenagers or adults but these children have a grand imagination and they can start to hyperventilate like my nephews did."
29% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"Videos freeze or won’t even load. Sometimes the audio and video renderings are out of sync!"
"Everytime I want to revived my video it keeps saying couldn’t load."
12% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"So confusing can’t figure anything out to turn on donations."
"It shouldn’t take an hour of googling to figure out how to make changes to a playlist."
20% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"This app is filling with brainrot content that’s not good for people."
"I found content farming on YouTube Kids because it will rot children’s brains."
11% of negative reviews mention this issue.
"Why is it too much to ask that you stop harming people? The second you have a rival we are all leaving because this sucks."
"Age estimating? Really? I get not wanting kids to watch videos that may traumatize them, but taking pictures and GUESSING someone’s age is ridiculous."
Design and usability issues driving negative reviews.
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